Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - prong
Prong
prong
n. & v. --n. each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork etc. --v.tr. 1 pierce or stab with a fork. 2 turn up (soil) with a fork. Phrases and idioms prong-buck (or -horn or -horned antelope) a N. American deerlike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, the male of which has horns with forward-pointing prongs. three-pronged attack an attack on three separate points at once. Derivatives pronged adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME (also prang), perh. rel. to MLG prange pinching instrument
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e Date: 15th century fork, a tine of a fork, a slender pointed or projecting part: as, a fang of a tooth, a point of an antler, something resembling a ~, II. transitive verb Date: 1816 to stab, pierce, or break up with a ~ed device ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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